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Exactly, I didn't even buy it for work. The thought never even crossed my mind, as I have been waiting for a laptop to work on so I am not sitting at the desk all day.
I finally got one. Only like 1.86 duo core intel with 2GB DDR2 RAM and 120GB HDD, but it was FREE! Yup... traded a puppy for it, was only asking $50 for the puppy.
The lady said the charger was fried due to a power surge, so she bought a replacement and that one died shortly after. I thought OK... I will maybe need to order a new battery and probably a new charger, bout $100 oh well.
Got it home and played with it, both chargers seemed fine, the battery was completely dead. The screen was really bright and the pixels were all fucked up. I thought I would use it to read the boards or check stats etc. I reformatted the HD and put a fresh OS on it, the battery was HOT as HELL so I put it in the freezer and took a shower.
When I got out of the shower I took the battery and blew into the connection terminals reset it in the back of the laptop, turned it on and been using it ever since. It is a few years old but still holds a charge for a couple hours. I leave it plugged in most of the time anyway.
The screen was pissing me off though. Then I saw a place for a screwdriver under a panel, so I took my fingernail and popped the panel off. The screen connection was under there and the bluetooth module, so I shut it down. I pulled the plug to the screen pulled some hair off it, blew into the terminals and plugged it back in... tightly.
Beautiful 17" HD picture quality and works like a charm... FREE LAPTOP!
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